In 2024, the holiday will fall during the week off students receive for Spring Break but students and local organizers say it is not enough to accommodate Eid, they want to see it observed on the academic calendar.
Increasing awareness about her culture and religion throughout SFUSD would help her community and getting Eid recognized is one of the first major steps she and others have pursued locally. But Hage said that the board has not made enough progress on the issue and should match the recognition other holidays have received more recently or for decades on the academic calendar, like Christmas always occurring during winter break. A point one of the members of the board acknowledged when explaining some of the concerns.
Even one or two more holidays could require an earlier first day of school or push back the last day to even later in the year.